The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist a group of Three Peaks walkers (m 20, 42 & 47) who had lost their way whilst descending Ingleborough in the dark and misty evening. Using our PhoneFind tool, the Duty Controller was able to locate the missing group on
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist with a lone walker (f,24) who was lost and benighted. Her location was quickly established and two team members in CRO 3 were able to drive to the location and return her to the nature trail car park. Volunteer hours:
The Team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist 3 walkers (all F, 67,68,70) who had become disorientated in poor visibility and darkness on the summit of Ingleborough. The walkers, who had fading torchlight and phone charge wisely decided to call us and stay put where they were. We
Four Three Peaks walkers reported themselves lost on the descent from Ingleborough to Horton in Ribblesdale. Initial attempts to pinpoint their location with W3W and phone find were unsuccessful due to limited phone coverage, however they were able to provide a grid reference which enabled their location to be established.
Two Three Peaks walkers (f, 23; f, 22) reported themselves benighted near the ruinous Nick Pot shooting hut on the route from Ingleborough to Horton in Ribblesdale. The battery of one of their mobile phones was completely flat and the other was failing rapidly; they were using it as a
Two males were reported to be lost in a broken-down vehicle ‘between Hawes and Ribblehead’ and had been there for eight hours. As the first team members arrived near the Newby Head road junction, they found that the Police had arrived only a minute or two earlier. When the car
Two walkers (m, 25; f, 25) reported themselves lost and benighted on the summit plateau of Ingleborough. Having confirmed that they were at the summit shelter, the Duty Controller asked them to stay where they were and to keep as warm as possible. Team members drove from Storrs Common to
North Yorkshire Police (NYP) received an incomplete call from someone (or some people?) who had walked off Whernside, was uninjured but lost and benighted, so couldn’t find their car. From some of the words given, he may have been in the Gunnerfleet area. It transpired that the call had ‘roamed’*
The team was alerted by North Yorkshire Police for two missing female walkers believed to be on Penyghent. With darkness falling they had become disorientated after changing their descent route. Once their location was established, team members were able to reach their location in CRO vehicles and drive them safely
The team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police to a lone walker (M, 53) who had found himself benighted and disorientated near the top of Malham Cove at the end of a long day’s walk, as he was returning to Malham. Finding himself on very steep ground with only a

